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NJ man claims final share $448M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Lottery officials say a New Jersey man has claimed the final share of this month's $448 million Powerball jackpot. Mario Scarnici held one of the three winning tickets sold for the Aug. 7 drawing. Lottery officials say the South Brunswick man chose the cash option and will get about $62 million after taxes. Scarnici bought his winning ticket at a South Brunswick supermarket. Lottery officials said Scarnici recently claimed his prize, but further details were not disclosed. A telephone n
Aug 25, 2013, 7:36 am - Lottery News

Salon lottery winners settle disputeNews Story
You'd think it should be an enjoyable time, winning the lottery, said Lucy Lewis-Johnston, but it hasn't been the case at all. Lewis-Johnston is one of eight Indianapolis hair stylists who fought over one winning ticket. They were all part of a lottery pool last February at Lou's Creative Styles, the salon Lewis-Johnston owns. (See Hair stylists spar over $9.5M Hoosier Lotto jackpot, Lottery Post, Feb. 22, 2013.) The woman who bought the ticket said the winner was one she bought for h
Aug 22, 2013, 6:34 am - Lottery News

Winning €6m Ireland Lotto ticket sold in Lahinch, Co ClareNews Story
The popular Irish seaside town of Lahinch, Co Clare is buzzing with excitement after someone bought the winning lottery ticket from Saturday's draw worth more than 6 million at a local supermarket. Kennedy's Centra on Back Lane in the town sold the winning 4 Quick Pick ticket worth 6,158,375 (US$8.2 million) on Friday. The winning numbers were: 4, 11, 16, 33, 43, and 45, with bonus number 10. News of the massive win spread quickly through the town which is a popular destination for tour
Aug 19, 2013, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto reaches its largest jackpot in 12 yearsNews Story
The jackpot in this weekend's Florida Lotto game is reaching its highest level in 12 years. Lottery officials reported Friday that the jackpot for the Saturday drawing had reached $54 million. That's the highest total since September 2001. The jackpot has reached that total because no one has been able to match all six numbers since the April 24 drawing. Florida Lotto is the state's flagship lottery game that has been around since 1988. But it has been eclipsed in popularity in recent y
Aug 17, 2013, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Meet the "Ocean's 16" N.J. Powerball WinnersNews Story
One winner is daughter of Senator who wrote the N.J. Lottery law Includes video report Among the 16 co-workers who came forward today to claim their piece of a $448 million Powerball jackpot were a woman who lost her home in Superstorm Sandy and the daughter of the man who is credited as the father of the New Jersey lottery. The group of Ocean County Vehicle Services Department employees, dubbed the Ocean's 16, cheered for each other as they were introduced for the first time today
Aug 13, 2013, 7:18 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner stays grounded after $220 million jackpotNews Story
Says waiting to claim jackpot was best thing he did Includes audio report In 2005, Brad Duke of Star, Idaho, hit a huge jackpot: $220 million in the Powerball lottery. It took a couple days, even a couple of weeks, for the magnitude of his win to hit. He didn't tell anyone, and went about his daily routines while he tried to figure out what he wanted to do next. As a regular lottery player, Duke had let himself fantasize about what it might be like to win thousands of dollars someday
Aug 12, 2013, 4:15 pm - Lottery News

Longest jackpot run ever for Florida LottoNews Story
Tonight's jackpot is $50 million Yes, you haven't won the Florida Lotto this time around, but here's the silver lining: Everyone else has been throwing away losing tickets, too. The Florida Lotto has gone 31 straight drawings without anyone picking the correct six numbers, and that's the longest drought since the game began 25 years ago. No one has hit since April 20. It didn't help that the numbers drawn Wednesday night were 29-33-46-48-49-53. Anything above 31 is picked less often
Aug 10, 2013, 1:16 pm - Lottery News

16 maintenance workers said to be New Jersey Powerball winnersNews Story
A group of 16 maintenance workers from a county government garage in New Jersey share one of three winning tickets in the $448 million Powerball lottery jackpot, their boss said on Friday. Yes, we have 16 county workers from the Vehicle Maintenance Department who have won the lottery, Ocean County Vehicle Maintenance Department Director Jim Pine told Reuters. New Jersey Lottery spokeswoman Judith Drucker said on Friday the owners of the two winning tickets sold in New Jersey, including th
Aug 9, 2013, 4:44 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota man claims share of $448M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report Paul White's family gave him grief for years when he said he'd win the lottery one day. On Thursday, he showed them to the tune of $86 million. White, a project engineer from suburban Minneapolis, came forward Thursday as one of three winners in the $448 million Powerball jackpot, one of the largest in American history. White showed up at the Minnesota lottery headquarters to claim a replica check made out for $149 million. Because White picked the instant-cash opt
Aug 8, 2013, 5:47 pm - Lottery News

Three tickets to split $448 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
1 winning ticket from Minnesota, 2 from New Jersey Final jackpot total of $448.4 million is fourth-largest ever in USA By Todd Northrop Wednesday's massive Powerball jackpot that generated millions of ticket sales this week has been won by three tickets, which will evenly split the $448.4 million final tally. The $448.4 million Powerball jackpot, which is the fourth-largest of any lottery game in history, started as a $40 million prize on June 26, 2013, and continued accumulating pri
Aug 8, 2013, 12:58 am - Lottery News